Wheel-runner for baby-carriages.



010.047,000. PATENTED, MAR. 19, 1007.

W l H. vRUSSELL.

WHEEL 'RUNNER FOR BABY GARRIAGBS. ArrLIoATIoN FILED 00T.13. 190e.

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WHEEL-RUNNER FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19` 190'7.

Application tiled October 13, 1906. Serial No. 338,751.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. BUssELL, a subject of the King of England, residing at Necedah, in the county of Juneau, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wheel-Runners for Baby-Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to runners for attachment to the wheels of vehicles to enable them to slide over snow and ice similar to sleds and sleighs, and it is particularly adapted for use on baby-carriages.

It is the object of the invention to provide a runner that is simple in construction, in order that persons of little knowledge of the use of machines or-mechanical devices may readily come to understand how to apply and use it, and that shall be efficient in use to render it capable vof drawing the carriage from place to place over surfaces of varying condition. j

There are also other objects and purposes in devising the improvements' that will appear obvious in the description of the construction and mode of operation of the invention.

The nature of the invention has been set forth to such an extent in the foregoing statements, as not to need further description at this point or time.

The annexed drawings form a part of this specification and are to be referred to as such.

Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, showing it as applied to two wheels of a babycarriage. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the adjusting portion of the structure. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of y Similar iigures of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

I will first proceed to describe the invention in detail, in view of the aforesaid drawings, and to point out with particularity the parts or improvements constituting the invention in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings, 10 designates what I have chosen to term the frame, which part is made of wood and passes from near the top of each of the wheels 11 around their outer sides and beneath and between the bottoms ofthe same. The portion 12 between the wheels at the bottom is of considerably greater height than elsewhere in order to prevent the wheels from coming together when the runner 13 is clamped thereon. The frame is grooved on the inside to fit the periphery of the vehicle-wheel 11 and is deep enough to protect the sides of the vehicletires and to hold the frame thereon. The sole 13 of the runner consists of a strip of steel or iron of suitable thickness and passes entirely around a pair of wheels'll outside of the wood frame l0 and is connected with the l latter by rivets or screws, as may be considered best.

14 designates a lever for clamping the sole of the runner on the wheels. The said lever is ivoted to one of the meeting ends 15 of the so e, as indicated at 16. In order to render the connection of the meeting ends ol the sole adjustable, so that the'runner may it airs of wheels of different size, and instead ol pivoting the other meeting end 17 directly to the lever, I interpose an adjusting-plate 18 between the said end 17 and the lever and oonnect the plate with the said end ortion by means of bolts and nuts 19, the ormer extending through a slot 20, formed in the plate, so as to practically lengthen or shorten the meeting end and pivot the lever 14 to the said plate, as indicated at 21.

22 is a knob on the outer end of the lever,

said knob having a downward extension adapted to act as a catch in engaging the side of t from opening accidentally when the device is in use. The knob may be fastened to the lever by a bolt and nut or any other known and suitable means.

The runners are attached to the vehiclewheels by lirst opening the lever to expand their diameter, then setting the Wheels in the grooves made for them 1n the frame and closin the lever to tighten the runner thereon. t is obvious that by a reverse operation from that just described the runners may be detached from the vehicle.

While the description has in the main been directed to runners for baby-carriages, it is e sole'and in this way prevents the lever- IOO obvious that they may, as a whole or in part,

be a plied to wheels of other vehicles.

W at is claimed as the invention is- 1. A runner for vehicle-wheels, comprising .a frame of wood, grooved to receive the tires of a pair of wheels, and extending from their tops about their outer sides and beneath and IIO between their bottoms, and a strip of steel, forming the soie, extending around the Jframe and across from the top of one wheel to the other.

2. A runner for vehicle-wheels, comprising a trame of wood, grooved to receive the tires of a pair of wheels, and extending from their tops about their outer sides and beneath and between their bottoms, and a strip of steel, forming the sole, extending around the trame and across from the top of one wheel to the other, combined with means connected with the soie, at the top between the Wheels, Jfor opening and closing the runners to ut them on and remove them from the vehic e-wheels.

3. A runner for vehicle-wheels comprisingr a frame of wood, grooved to receive the tires of a pair of wheels, and extending from their tops about their outer sides and beneath and between their bottom, and a strip of steel, forming the sole, adjustabiy connected at its ends extending about the trame and in con nection therewith and inclosing the wheels.

In testimony whereof I aiIiX mv signature in presence of two witnesses.

i VHLLIAM H. BU SSICLL.

"Witnesses:

FRANK SPENCER, MAYME E. VALsH. 

